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Geesthacht Pumped-Storage Power Plant

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Geesthacht Pumped-Storage Power Plant

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Geesthacht Pumped-Storage Power Plant

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    Location: Geesthacht, Herzogtum Lauenburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

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    September 14, 2020

    RESERVOIR FOR PUMP POWER PLANT
    Three sets of one pump and one turbine each are connected to the reservoir, which is around 80 m higher, via three pipelines. The turbines each have an output of 40 MW, so a total of 120 MW, the pumps each 32 MW. The reservoir has a total volume of 3,800,000 m³, of which 3,300,000 m³ can be used. The reservoir located at Geesthacht directly on federal highway 5 is fed directly from the Elbe. When the pool is full, its water surface is 90.6 m above sea level, the lowering target is 76.6 m above sea level. The Elbe dammed up by the Geesthacht barrage serves as a lower basin. This has a storage space of 8,210,000 m³. The average height of fall is 83 m. According to the information on the display board, a total of 600 MWh of energy can be stored in the upper basin [1], which corresponds to a work capacity of 534 MWh. Originally an expansion to double the capacity was planned (6 turbines of 35 MW = 210 MW). Instead there are only three turbines today.

    The upper basin covers an area of 500 m × 600 m. It has a ring dam about 2000 m long and about 17 m high. Its 6 m wide crown is 92.6 m above sea level. The embankment has embankments that are inclined 1: 2.5 inwards and 1: 3.5 outwards.

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      September 14, 2020

      The upper basin covers an area of 500 m × 600 m. It has a ring dam about 2000 m long and about 17 m high. Its 6 m wide crown is 92.6 m above sea level. The embankment has embankments that are inclined 1: 2.5 inwards and 1: 3.5 outwards. You can reach the reservoir, on the edge of which there is also a 12-meter-high observation tower, via an access on the federal highway 5. In good weather, the tower offers a view of Hamburg and Lüneburg.

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        October 6, 2023

        The Geesthacht pumped storage plant, near Hamburg, has been in operation since 1958. The water overcomes a height difference of 80 meters.

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